Some Examples of RECOUNT text are:

 biographies and autobiographies

 newspapers or the television news

 letters and postcards

 textbooks

 conversations with friends

WHAT CAN IT BE?

 factual, such as a news story

 procedural, such as telling someone how you built something

 personal, such as a family holiday or your opinion on a subject.

WHAT IS IT LIKE?

The details in a recount can include:

what happened,

who was involved,

where it took place,

when it happened and

why it occurred

Teks recount sederhana lisan dan tulis

 Recount text is a text which retells events or experiences in the past.
 Purpose is to entertain the audience or to inform about an event in the past time
chronologically.
Ciri Kebahasaan untuk melaporkan kejadian/peristiwa/ kegiatan masa lampau spt :

 Kata benda dan kata ganti yang menyebutkan orang, benda, atau binatang tertentu (bukan
secara orang misalnya, Mr.Donovan, my cat, I, the policeman);
 Kata kerja yang menunjukkan kegiatan atau tindakan misalnya, run, felt, met, climbed;
 Kata sambung yang menunjuikkan urutan kegiatan atau tindakan, misalnya, then, next, latter,
before;
 Kata keterangan waktu dan tempat misalnya, on Friday, at that time, in the harbour, next to
the building;
 Kata sifat yang digunakan penutur untuk memberikan komentar serta penilaian terhadap hal-
hal yang terkait dengan kejadian atau peristiwa tersebut, misalnya, wonderful, sad,
unfortunate.

 Generic structure:
 Orientation : Introducing the participants, place and time.
 Events : Describing series of event that happened in the past. where the recount
is told in chronological order (the order that the events happened).
 Reorientation : It’s optional. Stating personal comment of the writer to the story. A
concluding paragraph (Impression, suggestion, feeling). where the writer or speaker can
give personal opinions about the topic or event. The writer or speaker may also comment
on how this event or topic may affect other things in the future. You may also include
other people's opinions or quotes on the topic or event.

GENERIC STRUCTURE TEXT

Orientation Last holiday my family and I went to Jakarta. We visited my

uncle’s house. It had a big garden and a lot of colorful
(Pengenalan: Who, When, Where,
flowers and tennis court.
dll)

Events: On Friday my nephew and I went to National Museum and

went up to the top of monument which had the golden
(Urutan Peristiwa)
symbol of the spirit of our nation. From the top we could
see the beauty of the metropolitan city. On Saturday we
went to Ancol beach to see Dunia Fantasi and Dolphin show.
Reorientation On Sunday we went to Ragunan Zoo and then we went
home. We really enjoyed our holiday.
(Penutup cerita, rangkuman
rentetan peristiwa)

LANGUAGE FEATURES

 Written in the past tense because they tell about something that has already happened.

 Use action verbs.

 The factual information in a recount must be accurate.

 Recounts can also include the speaker's or writer's personal thoughts on the event or topic.